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Thirteen of Australia’s brightest early-career researchers have been selected to compete in the FameLab Australia 2026 National Final this September!
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After 22 days exploring one of the eastern Indian Ocean’s most ecologically significant High Seas regions, WA Museum scientists have returned from the High Seas: Revealing Roo Rise expedition with specimens and new knowledge that will support deep-sea biodiversity research for years to come.
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As the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow, a new display at WA Museum Boola Bardip is revisiting the year Perth welcomed the competition to Western Australia.
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Michael Malaxos Tsolakis OAM was just 16 when he left Kastellorizo, one of Greece’s easternmost Mediterranean islands, to begin a new life in Western Australia.
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On 13 April 1969, 23-year-old Lesley Meaney stood on the shore of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island and began swimming towards Fremantle. Approximately nine hours later, she reached the mainland, becoming the first woman to complete a solo crossing of the Rottnest Channel.
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Caterina Vallesi (née Cardinali) was married in Porto San Giorgio, Italy, in 1955 — but her groom, Umberto Vallesi, was thousands of kilometres away in Western Australia!
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Prethopalpus attenboroughi was discovered and described by Queensland Museum Research Fellow Dr Barbara Baehr and WA Museum Head of Terrestrial Zoology Dr Mark Harvey. The tiny arachnid was named after eminent naturalist Sir David Attenborough.
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- New species of spider named in honour of Sir David Attenborough
- Presentation made to Sir David Attenborough at the WA Museum
- Prethopalpus attenboroughi is only found on one island in Queensland
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Discover which new species of creepy crawlies have been found lurking around the State’s South Coast in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Albany on 16 and 17 August.
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Following an outstanding array of entries from local primary school children, the Western Australian Museum - Geraldton awarded the winners of the 23rd Annual Clem Burns Heritage Awards on Friday, 27 July 2012.
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A new species of scorpion discovered on Western Australia’s Barrow Island has been named in honour of renowned conservationist Dr Harry Butler.
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Exploring energy will be the focus of the many activities taking place at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton for National Science Week this August.
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The popular annual ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition will return to the Western Australian Museum – Perth on 27 July.
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The WA Museum is developing a new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan to guide how we welcome people with disabilities, their carers, friends and families to our venues, services and employment.
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The Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder will host a group of local primary school teachers for an Association of Independent Schools WA professional development event on 23 July.
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The people of the Pilbara will receive a rare insight into the life of one of Australia’s most celebrated conservationists as part of the Western Australian Museum’s Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West.
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A new species of pseudoscorpion found in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region has been named Synsphyronus christopherdarwini in honour of the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.
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Take a trip back to old Kalgoorlie and explore the houses and gardens of yesteryear in a special lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on 18 July.
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